Death Valley

Using GPS-fitted boulders in the flat, parched desert of Death Valley, and tying in the data to a weather station, researchers with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego have confirmed that rocks weighing hundreds of pounds are pushed along on a thin sheet of ice by light winds, in a sort of natural display of truly Olympic “curling.”

Desert Roadtrippers, Part Five Dead fish, sputtering mud, and a jackpot Our 5-day, 1500-mile desert road trip odyssey comes to an end in a most bizarre place – The Salton Sea. Parts of this largest […]

Desert Roadtrippers, Part Three Simply put, the greatest part about the third leg of our great California desert journey is….little driving today! After 750 miles of wonderful scenery, majestic desertscapes and fantastically quirky roadside landmarks, […]

Desert Roadtrippers, Part Two . SOUTHBOUND TO QUIRKYVILLE: Day two of our great desert journey finds us heading south out of the majestic, barren and oh so wonderful Death Valley National Park, with a stop […]